Meet Jasmine, a thirteen year old girl abandoned by her own parents and left to fight for her life on the streets. Everyday, the only sun she sees is inky black. The good news? Her Ipod. The only thing her parents gave her. And Fight Song by Rachel...
"Time of death--", the heart monitor starts beeping again, "What the heck?" The doctor says in disbelief.
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For the next few minutes, Nora's heart rate remains stable. We all let out a sigh of relief as the doctor leaves.
It's been two weeks since that day and Nora's been recovering quite well. The doctor says she can leave tomorrow! While I was with her everyday, I sang covers on my newly created Youtube channel, JazzyPlatten. These last few days, Nora's joined me as well. Right now, I sit beside her in chair watching TV, more precisely, Hotel Transylvania. Steph was also watching with us from the other side of the bed.
"Hey girls!" Mom, Matt and Melanie say.
"Hi!" We reply.
"Guess what I've got!" Mom chirps, holding a long letter. I shoot a glance at Nora, and the Steph, before shaking my head. Matt chuckles.
"It's letter from a producer of singing competition, and they want all three of you to participate!"
"Awesome! What's the show called?"Nora asks.
"Celebrity Imitation Challenge it says." The three of us look at each other, confused.
"What's that?" I ask.
"They didn't specify. The only thing they say is that multiple celebrities will be there." Mel says. Our eyes sparkle in excitement.
"From your expressions, I presume you guys want to go?" Mom asks. We nod.
"Can we?" The adults laugh.
"Of course." They say. Its been four days and the big day has finally arrived. Mom and Matt drives us to the studio the show is being filmed at. Once we get there, we walk inside and they hand the adults ID passes and voting controller type thing. They also hand us name tags.The six us head down a long hallway before splitting up at the end, the adults left and the kids right. Steph, Nora and I entered a recording studio, where two other girls were already there. I casually stroll over and introduce myself and the others.
"Hi I'm Jasmine! This is Nora and Stephanie." I say.
"Hi! I'm Amanda and this is Mikaela!" The shorter girl said.
"Nice to meet you." We say. Then, one of the show's producers, I assume, came into the room and cleared his throat.
"First off, I would like to introduce myself, I'm Antoni Marconi, executive producer of Celebrity Imitation Challenge." We exchanged our greetings and he continued, "You folks are probably wondering how the show works." We nod.
"Well, let me explain. Basically, we invite a celebrity to come on to the show and then you have to imitate that celebrity as best you can. There will be four rounds, at the end of each round, one contestant is eliminated. Each round consists of one of the celebrity's songs being played with the contests and the original artist taking turns singing behind closed doors. The audience, after listening to half the song, will then vote for who they think sounds least like the original artist. Once voting is complete, the doors will be opened in sequence as the contestants finish the song. The contestant with the most votes is eliminated, keep in mind, it could even be the celebrity! The only exception is the last round where the audience will vote who they think sound the most like the celebrity. The contestant with the most votes is awarded a prize for their efforts. The prize will be revealed at the end." All of us nod in understanding and excitement. He smiles at us.
"Are you ready to meet our first celebrity!?!" He asks.
"Yes!" We say.
"Please welcome, the incredibly talented, Miss Selena Gomez!" Selena enters the studio with a big smile waving at us.
"How're you guys doing today?" Nobody said a word, all of looked at her, stunned. She laughs.
"Awesome!" Was all I could muster.
"I can't believe THE SELENA GOMEZ is here!" Nora says. We nod out head in agreement.
"Well, you better believe cause we're singing together later on." Selena says. We, including Sel, chuckle.
"Okay, here are the songs you will be preforming:
1. Naturally
2. A Year Without Rain
3. The Heart Wants What it Wants
4. Same Old Love
I'll leave you guys to it. You have half and hour." Mr. Marconi says before leaving.
"Well he was charming wasn't he?" Sel asks sarcastically after he leaves.
"I know, right?" I say. Sel gathers us up and hands us each an earpiece and a microphone. Our practice went quite smoothly; whenever Sel wanted one of us to sing, she would point at us. Then she would point to somebody else when our lines ended. Soon enough, half an hour was up. Mr. Marconi returns and ushers us towards the stage.
"Okay, I just explained the show to the audience. Selena will enter the stage first, you guys just listen for your cue, alright?" We nod. Mr. Marconi reenters the stage. Seconds later, I can can hear him say:
"Alright ladies and gentleman, the time has come to reveal tonight's celebrity! Please give a warm welcome to an incredibly talented actress and singer, Selena Gomez!" She gives us a thumbs up which we return before she ascends the stage.
"Thank you! You guys are gonna hear some great voices tonight!" Selena says. After that, Mr. Marconi interviews Selena before calling us up.
"Please welcome the five imitation artists for tonight!" We take a deep breath and walk on stage. We wave as cameras flash in our eyes. I stand next to Sel, Nora next to me, then Steph, then Mikaela, and finally Amanda.
"These are you cover artists tonight!" The crowd erupted in another cheer. Then, we were sent back off the stage and into our own doors, labeled 1-6.
"Our first song iiiiss, Naturally!"
An hour later, it was down to just Mikaela and I with one song left.
"Ladies and Gentleman, our final song of the evening is Same Old Love!" Mr. Marconi said.
Feeling the adrenaline rush through me, I began the song. A minute and a half later, after Selena finished the chorus, the song stopped.
"Alright, time to vote for who you think sounds the MOST like Selena. Should Selena garner the highest vote total, the winner will be the contest who finishes with the second most votes. Voting begins in 3, 2, 1, now!" Just 15 seconds later, "Voting, iiisss complete!" He leaves the stage and the song resumes. After the conclusion of the song, three of us walk to the center of the stage from our respective doors. Mr. Marconi asks us a few questions about our experience before getting ready to announce the results.
"Ladies and Gentleman, it has come now to that all important time, where we unveil who will ultimately be the winner. Here we go! Taking over half the votes is, Selena Gomez! With 66 votes!" The crowd erupts in cheers. "Selena, would you mind holding our finalists' hands? On the count of three, please raise the winning contestant's hand." Sel nods. "Here we go! 3, 2, 1!" Sel takes a breath before raising Mikaela's hand.
"And we have your winner! Give it up for Mikaela! The final votes are 17-16 in favour of Mikaela!"
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